Lay's, Thums Up Repackaged: FDA Finds Expired Dates, Nutrition Stickers in Noida, Navi Mumbai Units
- Maharashtra FDA and Navi Mumbai Police busted a racket altering manufacturing and expiry dates on food products like Lay's and Maggi between August 24 and 29.
- Authorities seized 8,442 cartons linked to 10 exporter companies valued at over Rs 75 lakh, including potato chips, noodles, soups, and beverages.
- Sadhana Enterprises' food license was suspended and an FIR was registered under the Food Safety and Standards Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Turbhe police station.
- The racket involved removing original labels and replacing them with new stickers to sell expired goods, with ongoing investigations to identify involved parties and supply networks.
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What’s in your Maggi, Kurkure packets? FDA busts Rs 75-lakh racket
Items found at the premises included various variants of Lay's, Kurkure, Bingo and Fun Flips alongside Maggi’s masala and atta noodles, and ready-to-make brands like Rasoi and Knorr soup, and Thumbs Up and Limca tins, and Hellmann's Mayonnaise.
Expiry dates, labels of popular snacks altered, FDA busts racket in Navi Mumbai
The Maharashtra FDA and Navi Mumbai Police uncovered food relabelling and resale at a Turbhe unit. The case has triggered an FIR, license suspension and a wider probe into the supply chain.
FDA busts food expiry date tampering racket in Navi Mumbai; ₹76 lakh goods seized
The FDA has busted a major food packaging racket in Navi Mumbai that altered manufacturing and expiry dates of export products of reputed companies, seizing food stock and expired goods of more than Rs 76 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.
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